Why are Muslim women not allowed into the mosque?

Question

Ok for those who don't know Muslim women do not go to mosque - only the men do

Where I live there are many mosques and I have yet to see a woman going into or comeing out of one

Answer 1

I am sorry but you have been misinformed.

I as well as most of my sisters attend Friday prayer reguarly. We also attend a Sunday school that teaches Arabic to young students.

Answer 2

I do not know who taught U about this. Or May be U are reading from any books or any form of reading materials. Or U may have listen from somebody. Whatever source of information U had derive the message from I think U should stop accepting such information as all the information are misleading and not true. The is no such rules in Islam to disallowed any Muslim women doing prayer or entering the Mosque. The only restriction applies to women entering the Mosque are as follows.
1. Should be having menstruation period.
2. Have their body covered including hair.
3. entering for the purpose of visit, praying, learning and with good intention.
4. Must observe the solemnity whilst inside the Mosque.

Answer 3

Muslim women are allowed into the mosque. It's just that Men have to go pray in the mosque on friday, but women don't have to. Most mosques have seperate areas for men and women to pray, so women enter in a different door, maybe that's why you don't see them. In Eid, many women (I sometimes go) go to the mosques for the Eid prayer which is very early in the morning.

You don't see women because many prefer to pray at home, but sometimes if i'm out and I need to pray, I pray at any mosque I find nearby.

Answer 4

They are allowed, of course!

Perhaps what you've seen is the men's entrance. Most Islamic prayer centers have separate rooms for men and for women, so that men and women are not distracted by each other, and are concentrating on prayer and the lectures, not on how they look or meeting a potential future spouse.

Wouldn't want the mosque to become a pick-up place, like so many Christian churches have become!

Answer 5

just because no women comes out of a mosque doesnt mean they are not allowed to go in.

some possibilities:

1. no muslim women in that neighborhood is religious.

2. no muslim women find any importance or benefit from that mosque.

3. muslim women do go and come out, maybe you just miss it.

4. that mosque is corrupt and forbids women to enter.

usually, its #2 that occurs, then #3, and then #1. never heard of #4

Answer 6

Gender separation
Islamic law requires men and women to be separated in the prayer hall; ideally, the women must occupy the rows behind the men. Muhammad preferred women to pray at home rather than at a mosque, and according to the hadith Muhammad said: "The best mosques for women are the inner parts of their houses." The second caliph Umar went so far as to prohibit women from attending mosques and required them to pray at home. Sometimes a special part of the mosque was railed off for women; for example, the governor of Mecca in 870 had ropes tied between the columns to make a separate place for women. Many mosques today will put the women behind a barrier or partition or in another room. Mosques in South and Southeast Asia put men and women in separate rooms, as the divisions were built into them centuries ago. In nearly two-thirds of American mosques, women pray behind partitions or in separate areas, not in the main prayer hall; some mosques do not admit women at all. The large crowds present at the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, especially during the annual pilgrimage, often result in unintended mixing between genders.

Answer 7

My expensive Akeem- your question seems so vehement!!! - as while you're searching for a controversy. cool down. at the start women persons at the instant are not forbidden from going to mosque - it quite is an inaccuracy - you will see women persons are modern-day for prayers in the Grand Mosque in Mecca and Medinah. the only predicament it quite is placed on women persons to pass to mosque is that if there at the instant are not any centers to accomodate them - by using fact it quite is not attainable for the numerous sexes to stand next to a minimum of one yet another in prayer, So if there's a construction - double tale - each and every intercourse a diverse storey. The third - it quite is not suited for women persons to pass on my own to mosque without a chaperone- it could reason "fitnah" - damaging and malicious accusations. In one in each and every of those case if a women persons won't be in a position to be accompanied via a chaperone or different women - God enables that it it quite is extra useful for her to wish at homestead. on the different hand - adult males don't have that loophole - it quite is fairly strongly via Mugammad (observed) cautioned that they carry out their prayers in congregation in a mosque.

Answer 8

women r allowed to go 2 mosque and in saudi arabia women pray in mosque but they are prefered 2 pray at home ;)

Answer 9

They are allowed into a mosque, everyone is welcome. Women are required to cover their head with a scarf revealing just the face / eyes in some case.
Women must pray in another area to men so that they will not distract one another from doing Allahs work, praying to him.

Answer 10

1. There is not a single verse in the Qur’an, which prohibits ladies from entering mosques. There is not a single authen­tic Hadith which I am aware of which states that the Prophet (pbuh) prevented or forbade women from going to mosques.



There is only one Hadith, which perhaps could have been misunderstood to mean that women should not go to the mosque. That Hadith is as follows:



Abdullah Bin Mas’ud reported the Prophet (pbuh) as saying: It is more excellent for a woman to pray in her house than in her courtyard, and more excellent for her to pray in her private chamber than in her house. [Sunan Abu Dawood Vol.1 Chapter 204 Hadith No.570]



If you base your conclusion only on this single Hadith, then you may wrongly conclude that it is not advisable or preferable for women to go to the mosque. However, your conclusion cannot be based only on one Hadith neglecting or ignoring all the other Ahadith. The context of the Hadith is also very important.



The Prophet (pbuh) said that if a person prays in the mosque he gets 27 times more blessings (Sawab). Some women argued that they had infants at home and other household work and therefore could not go to the mosque. Thus, the men would have a greater advantage than women for receiving such blessings. It is then that the Prophet (pbuh) said the above Hadith.



Hence, the conclusion is that in situations where women have infants and household work, which too is an important duty that cannot be neglected, women would not be deprived of the sawaab (blessings) if they pray in their own homes.



2. There are several Ahadith which prove that both men and women used to go to the mosques during the life of the prophet (pbuh):



(i) The Prophet (pbuh) said, ‘Do not prevent the female servants of Allah from going to the mosque of Allah.’ [Sahih Muslim Vol.1 Chapter 177 Hadith No.886]



(ii) And husbands were specifically told by him, “If the wife of any one of you asks permission (to go to the mosque) do not forbid her.” (Sahih Bukhari Volume 1, Book of Salaah, Chapter 80, Hadith No. 832)



(iii) From the time the Prophet (pbuh) entered Madinah, after Hijra, till his demise, he never prevented women from entering the mosque.



(iv) During the time of the Prophet (pbuh), women not only went to the mosques for prayer but also for religious education and liter­ary discussions as the mosque was the centre of community. Several Ahadith tell us that the Prophet (pbuh) addressed people in the mosque, and the audience consisted of both Muslim men and women. Women many a times asked questions to the Prophet (pbuh) in the mosque.



(v) During the Prophet’s (pbuh) time, mosques had separate entrances for ladies. Women filled the mosques from behind while men had sepa­rate entrances and filled the mosques from the front. In between the two sections were children.



(vi) It is reported by Abu Hurairah that the Prophet (Pbuh) said: “The best rows for men are the first rows, and the worst ones are the last. The best rows for women are the last ones, and the worst ones for them are the first.” [Sahih Muslim Vol.1 Chapter 175 Hadith No.881)



3. Islam permits women to pray in mosques. Ladies should have separate and equal facilities. Islam does not permit the inter­mingling of sexes. Otherwise, there will be a similar scene in mosques like other places of worship where some people even come for ‘bird-watching’ and eve teasing.



4. In recent times, women are not allowed in mosques in a few countries especially in India and its neighbouring countries. Otherwise, in most of the other countries, women are allowed in mosques. Women are allowed in mosques in Saudi Arabia, in U.A.E; in Egypt, in U.S.A; in the U.K and in Singapore. Women are also allowed in the sacred mosques, Masjid-e-Haram in Makkah and in Masjid-e-Nabawi in Madinah.



Allahamdulillah, the trend is now changing in India. We have several mosques in India and a few in Mumbai in which women come to pray in mosques (masaajid).

Answer 11

They do go to mosques and have the right to go to mosques.